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To: Mechanicos

Open primaries should be banned. The idea that a political party would let anyone other then enrolled member of that party pick a candidate is insane.


17 posted on 11/04/2015 5:54:55 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
That's half the problem. The other half is too many delegates being awarded to states which have little or no chance of voting GOP in November.

I've often advocated that states start with no more delegates than electoral votes. This would be about 1/5th of the delegates awarded. The next 1/5th would be awarded on the basis of numbers of congressman, senators, state legislatures, governors, etc. The final 3/5th would be based on electoral votes cast for the GOP in November during the last half dozen or so election cycles.

Yes, technically, this formula could mean that a small state like Wyoming could gt more delegates than one like Massachusetts. Unfair, you say? I'd agree, but unfair to Wyoming which consistently delivers three electoral votes to the GOP every cycle to zero for Massachusetts.

Want more delegates? Then deliver in November or, if you are split personality state like us in Pennsylvania, then split up your electoral votes like they do in Maine and Nebraska.

41 posted on 11/04/2015 11:12:30 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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